Table 6.
Mammographic features of the papillary lesions.
Feature | BENIGN | MALIGNANT | ATYPICAL | P value |
Mass lesion (%) | <.01∗ | |||
present | 17 (32.7) | 18 (78.3) | 2 (100) | |
absent | 35 (67.3) | 5 (21.7) | 0 | |
Shape (%) | .20 | |||
Oval | 4 (20) | 3 (18.8) | 0 | |
Round | 4 (20) | 0 | 1 (50) | |
Irregular | 12 (60) | 13 (81.2) | 1 (50) | |
Margins (%) | .34 | |||
Circumscribed | 6 (30) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (50) | |
Indistinct | 10 (50) | 5 (31.2) | 1 (50) | |
Microlobulated | 1 (5) | 3 (18.8) | 0 | |
Spiculated | 3 (15) | 6 (37.5) | 0 | |
Mass density (%) | .13 | |||
Low | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Equal | 8 (44.4) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (50) | |
High | 10 (55.6) | 13 (86.7) | 1 (50) | |
Mass calcification (%) | .15 | |||
Benign | 6 (30) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (100) | |
Suspicious | 4 (20) | 6 (37.5) | 0 | |
Absent | 10 (50) | 7 (43.7) | 0 | |
Asymmetric density (%) | .03∗ | |||
present | 3 (9.7) | 8 (40) | 0 | |
absent | 28 (90.3) | 12 (60) | 2 (100) | |
Architectural distortion (%) | .05 | |||
present | 1 (3.3) | 2 (10.5) | 1 (50) | |
absent | 29 (96.7) | 17 (89.5) | 1 (50) | |
Density | .38 | |||
A | 10 (20) | 3 (14.3) | 1 (50) | |
B | 24 (48) | 12 (57.1) | 0 | |
C | 10 (20) | 6 (28.6) | 1 (50) | |
D | 6 (12) | 0 | 0 |